obama administration officials telling fox news the rogue nation threat is evolving, that is their word. just yesterday president obama shed new light on the u.s. response in an interview with an israeli tv station. >> north korea is so isolated. it is so dysfunctional in some ways it was harder to apply pressure on them. >> gregg: remember, this is the same nation that has spent more than $3 billion on its missile and nuclear programs according to south korean estimates while millions of men, women and children are starving. so what do we expect the pentagon to be announcing here. >> reporter: we expect them to increase the intercepteders in california and alaska which the bush administration had planned to do. this was the message earlier this week at the pentagon on tuesday. >> between our allies and remains for any contingency and we stand ready to protect u.s. and south korean interests. the important message that this government has sent to north korea is that the need change it's rhetoric and take the temperature down. >> reporter: but just eight days ago the white house spokesma